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Show c k TV s ( Wednesday, July 27, 1983 Vol. 3No. 48 Librarian Charges Discrimination in "y 3 Appointments i 3' y By BARRY KAWA dy said he couldnt care less about what a persons religion is Raviaw Staff i ' '( y ,? , Staff photo by Rodnoy Wright HELICOPTER carrying chemicals to help douse Farmington hillside fire is silhouetted against mountains and setting sun. Arson Suspected in 9th Brush Fire By BARRY KAWA homes in Farmington. Ball said the canyons will be monitored closely for possible future floods and fires. South Davis Fire District chief Brent Argyle reported his crew returned to the sta- Roviaw Staff FARMINGTON A spec- tacular brush fire in the foothills of Farmington Canyon last Wednesday charred an estimated 400 acres of U.S. Forest Service land and added to the already high flash-floo- d tion in time to fight four brush fires in Centerville that same evening. The four fires were reported in vacant lots between 1st and 2nd South 0 East within a half hour of each other at about 9 p.m. and 600-70- The fire crew extinguished each by 10 p.m. Argyle said a youth has been arrested in connection with the Centerville fires, but no connection has been made with the Farmington Canyon fire. potential. U.S. Forest Service investigators say that arson is suspected in this ninth of a series of brush fires this summer, the most recent one being between Farmington and Shepherd Canyon on July 7 which destroyed 350 acres. About 80 firefighters from the combined Farmington, blaze dle of the when the wind direction suddenly shifted. He was transported to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City by . ; . helicopter where he was treated and released. Ball said the fire damaged the al- ready critical watershed area by taking all the grass and brush needed to retain water during a storm. The blaze reached a point near Rudd Canyon which was the scene of the May mudslide which destroyed several FIREFIGHTERS Leslie Fagre, Ingrid Fagre and Barb Jefferis (from left) of the Kamas Trash Plant Site Not in Violation By BARRY KAWA Review Staff A state- ment made last week by Environmental Protection Agency Regional Air Quality Director Bob Despain, which said a proposed resource recovery plant in Clearfield could violate EPA air standards, was in error, Despain later admitted. . In a telephone interview, Despain, who works out of the Denver EPA office, said he had confused the proposed plant site, thinking it was in Boun-- . ' tiful. Bountiful City is listed by the list .EPA on a for not meeting carbon monox i nt r recommendations , fire crew take a break while battling blaze in Farmington last week. and what they knew of each candidates qualifications. Former library board chair- man Bill Umpleby said he suspected the reason for the selection of the three candidates is n indithat they were vidually by the council members. Barney works as an LDS Church historian in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Duckworth is a former board member who has well-know- re-cen- returned home after serving a mission for the LDS Church with her husband. Edwards is a metal shop teacher at Davis High and a former LDS Seminary teacher. Hall is retired from the Air Force and Mrs. Brown is a con- ar tract negotiator at Hill Air Force Base. Ms. Ryan said all are active patrons of the library, with the possible exception of Barney who does not hold a library card there. Ms. Ryan was asked if board memshe feels a ber would make a difference on the board. Yes, I dont see how it could not be a very strong influence, she said. I think a fresh approach, a different philosophical background is helpful. Ive had some verbal expressions from board members, threats in fact, that I had better not have a certain book on the library shelves. Ms. Ryan said she smelled a rat when Vicki Larkins was appointed to the board in June. She said Ms. Larkins admitted non-LD- S that Purdy had asked her to apply for the position and had practically guaranteed it. Umpleby said Purdy had, in a sense, sponsored Mrs. Larkins by bringing her to the meeting and recommending her, but that she was a person who deserved the job. If a mayor in 1983 can strong-arone person onto the board, imagine what will happen in 1986 when five members terms expire, she said. Ms. Ryan said what she wants is fair play. When things are done behind closed doors, power is often abused and a little dictatorship develops. I dont believe the majority of Kaysville residents want a closed-doo- r dictatorship running their town, she said. Mrs. Brown and Hoskission fast-movi- FARMINGTON and that the library board needed a young representative from the community. When contacted individually, each member of the City Council said he or she had a hard time recalling why they had voted for the three candidates, but said they based their selection primarily on the boards non-LD- S Kaysville, South Davis Fire District and Forest Service crews responded to the call about 5:30 p.m. The blaze was brought under control by 10 p.m. and Forest Service crews stayed on the scene through the next day check- ing for possible hot spots. Farmington fire chief Don Ball reported that Lt. Craig Smith of his volunteer fire department ' received minor burns and heat exhaustion in fighting the fire. Smith was reportedly caught in the mid- The selection KAYSVILLE of three new Kaysville City Library board members in a closed session of the City Council last week has left Kaysville Librarian Maggie Ryan mad as hell over what she charges is religious discrimination. One of those chosen by the council had been listed as the fourth choice of five candidates recommended by the library board, Ryan said. All three selected are members of the LDS Church, while the other two are not. The library board makes decisions regarding operation of the city library. Kaysville does not participate in the county library system. The board had listed five candidates in order of preference. The list was submitted to the City Council for final consideration. Those candidates, in the order listed by the board, were Ronald O. Barney, Carol Duckworth, Morris Hall, Don Edwards and Marrilyn Brown. In a closed meeting, the council selected Barney, Mrs. Duckworth and Edwards for three-yeterms on the board. Ms. Ryan who has been city librarian since 1979, said she cant see any possible reason why the council would select Edwards rather than Hall. She said she believes the religions of the applicants were a basis for the selection. There had better be a good reason for him (Hall) not to have been put on the board, she said. It upsets me that a concerned person wasnt put on there, but more than that was the way they handled the applications. The openings on the board were advertised in a local newspaper and applications were accepted by Ms. Ryan and the city. Ms. Ryan received the applications of Hall, Mrs. Brown and Dale Hoskission, which she said she then turned over to the city. She said when the applications were turned back over to the library board, those of Hall, were missing. She said the applications of Mrs. Duckworth and Edwards were included in the folder and Barneys application was submitted at the meeting. Hall and another man Ms. Ryan said was not chosen as a candidate were the only applicants who attended an interview session held at the meeting. Efforts by Ms. Ryan to track down the missing applications have been unsuccessful, she said. City officials and library board members blame it on a foul-u- p in paperwork. Kaysville Mayor Gerald Pur well-qualifi- ed m Davis County missions Tesfts ft He Required construction and environmental said with payment of flood protection program funds, if costs, the county doesnt have FARMINGTON Added to steps were not taken to bring the funds to implement the high the present state inspection fees the state into compliance with costs of the emissions check. for automobiles, Davis County federal air quality standards. He the EPA or the state ment that the monitoring sta- residents will be required to pay The state gave the county offi- wouldhoped funds to get the provide tion in Bountiful has not recordan additional fee of 7 for an cials local control over the prog- program under way. However, ed a level of violation of the automobile emissions check, ram which must be implementGerlach promised no county carbon monoxide standard for says Richard Harvey, director ed by early next year. would be raised and once 'taxes over two years, of the county environmental The EPA has cited the county the program is started, it could area for be funded by the automobile health department, after feder- as a Harvey said that to assume al Environmental is caused owners. which in air ozone the Protection there was a carbon monoxide of exhaust interaction an Administrator William Agency by of Harvey said the existing the in the vicinity problem Ruckleshaw ordered Utah Gov- from engines, hydrocarbon countywide inspection stations resource recovery proposed ernor Scott Matheson last week emissions and the action of sun- would probably be used for the plant in Clearfield at 1550 E. 700 to start automobile emissions emissions inspections. He hoped light on those emissions. S. is ridiculous. inspections in Davis and Salt County Commissioner Harry to modify the health departA group opposed to the plant Lake counties. B. Gerlach said no plans have ments current auto emissions has insisted on k full EPA asThe EPA had threatened the been set for the program, but inspection van into an appeals sessment of the possible en- state with the loss of $100 mill- the effort will be a joint one court whereby auto owners vironmental impact. ion annually in federal highway among county officials. Gerlach who fail the test can recheck By BARRY KAWA ide standards. Richard Harvey, director of the Davis County Environmental Health Department, said in a prepared state- Raviaw Staff $5-$- j. nt - their cars there. Harvey said any automobile that failed the test would have to be modified until it met the EPA standards. The EPA law exempts large diesels and propane powered vehicles from the emissions inspection. The county health departments emissions testing van which periodically checks automobiles at various sites aiound the county has seen brisk business since the emissions inspection program was announced. The van was in Centerville Thursday and Friday and Harvey said he has never seen such of people wanta large turn-ou- t ing to get their automobiles - checked. 'XTT : case f 'vj,- - Eyes on 4 Feet in the family area is lakeside A among several that are raising puppies as guide dogs for the blind. 3C Index Fast Weekends ID, 2D 2D, 3D 7A Editorial Home Living . B Section like most weekenders who take it easy. She would rather be turn- Business Classified Sports ......... 1C,2C Janice Barlow isnt i ing and racing her car through pylons. . 1C J |
